Английский язык с Конаном-варваром

Military discipline put his teeth on edge (военная дисциплина действовала ему на нервы; to put / set the teeth on edge — раздражать, действовать на нервы:

«поставить зубы на край, кромку»).

The gate swung inward and Conan and his companion passed through (ворота качнулись вовнутрь, и Конан и его спутник прошли; to swing). Balthus noted that the gate was flanked by a tower on each side, the summits of which rose above the stockade (Балтус заметил, что ворота защищались башней с каждой стороны = по обеим сторонам, вершины каждой возвышались на частоколом; to flank — защищать, предохранять сбоку / с фланга). He saw loopholes for arrows (он увидел амбразуры для стрел = для стрельбы стрелами).

guard [: d], snort [sn: t], discipline ['dspln]

The guard inside the eastern gate bawled a challenge. Through a barred aperture torchlight flickered, glinting on a steel headpiece and suspicious eyes beneath it. "Open the gate," snorted Conan. "You see it's I, don't you?"

Military discipline put his teeth on edge.

The gate swung inward and Conan and his companion passed through. Balthus noted that the gate was flanked by a tower on each side, the summits of which rose above the stockade. He saw loopholes for arrows.

The guardsmen grunted as they saw the burden borne between the men (караульные заворчали, когда /они/ увидели груз, несомый между мужчинами; to bear — нести, выносить). Their pikes jangled against each other as they thrust shut the gate (их пики забряцали друг о друга, когда они протиснулись закрыть ворота), chin on shoulder (отворачиваясь: «подбородок на плечо»), and Conan asked testily (и Конан спросил раздражительно): "Have you never seen a headless body before (вы никогда прежде /не/ видели безголового тела)?"

The guardsmen grunted as they saw the burden borne between the men. Their pikes jangled against each other as they thrust shut the gate, chin on shoulder, and Conan asked testily: "Have you never seen a headless body before?"

The faces of the soldiers were pallid in the torchlight (лица солдат были мертвенно-бледными в свете факелов).

"That's Tiberias," blurted one (это /есть/ Тибериас, — выпалил один). "I recognize that fur-trimmed tunic (я узнаю эту отделанную мехом тунику). Valerius here owes me five lunas (Валериус здесь должен мне пять лун). I told him Tiberias had heard the loon call when he rode through the gate on his mule, with his glassy stare (я сказал ему, что Тибериас услышал зов безумия, когда он проехал через ворота на своем муле со /своим/ стеклянным взглядом). I wagered he'd come back without his head (я поспорил, что он вернется без /своей/ головы; to wager — ставить, держать пари)."

owe [u], me [mi: ], call [k: l]

The faces of the soldiers were pallid in the torchlight.

"That's Tiberias," blurted one. "I recognize that fur-trimmed tunic. Valerius here owes me five lunas. I told him Tiberias had heard the loon call when he rode through the gate on his mule, with his glassy stare. I wagered he'd come back without his head."